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Antonyms for whipping
ˈʰwɪp ɪŋ, ˈwɪp-whip·ping

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  1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellationnoun

    beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

    Antonyms:
    spiritless

    Synonyms:
    trouncing, flagellation, thrashing, debacle, whipstitch, walloping, lashing, drubbing, whipstitching, flogging, tanning, beating, slaughter

  2. thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whippingnoun

    a sound defeat

    Antonyms:
    spiritless

    Synonyms:
    whacking, beating, flogging, whipstitch, mass murder, whipstitching, lacing, carnage, debacle, walloping, drubbing, butchery, thrashing, licking, fiasco, trouncing, massacre, lashing, tanning, flagellation, slaughter

  3. whipstitch, whipping, whipstitchingnoun

    a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally

    Antonyms:
    spiritless

    Synonyms:
    trouncing, flagellation, thrashing, flogging, whipstitch, walloping, debacle, lashing, drubbing, whipstitching, tanning, beating, slaughter

  4. beating, whippingadjective

    the act of overcoming or outdoing

    Antonyms:
    spiritless

    Synonyms:
    whacking, beating, flogging, whipstitch, whipstitching, lacing, lashing, drubbing, thrashing, licking, walloping, debacle, trouncing, tanning, flagellation, slaughter

  5. snappy, whippingadjective

    smart and fashionable

    "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"

    Antonyms:
    spiritless

    Synonyms:
    spanking, nipping, lively, rakish, alert, snappy, crisp, dapper, dashing, snappish, rattling, raffish, merry, frosty, jaunty, zippy, nippy, natty, brisk, spiffy, spruce

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. whippingnoun

    Synonyms:
    chastisement, castigation, punishment, scourging, trouncing, flagellation, beating, lashing, fustigation, flogging, mauling, defeat

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. whipping

    Synonyms:
    Flagellantism, flagellomania,

How to use whipping in a sentence?

  1. Kathy Guillermo:

    The measures approved today are the first significant steps in decades toward ending the worst of horse racing abuses, the Stronach Group and the California Horse Racing Board get it: Drugging and whipping horses will not be tolerated in today's world.

  2. Imran Khan:

    The truth always prevails and is always the best policy, bJP's attempt to win elections through whipping up war hysteria and false claims of downing a Pak F 16 has backfired with US Defense officials also confirming that no F16 was missing from Pakistan's fleet.

  3. Van Jones:

    The things that Donald Trump has done, and not just in this race, are horribly offensive, there is a dark underside here...he is whipping up and tapping into and pushing buttons that are very, very frightening to me and to a lot of people.

  4. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

    Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

  5. Whitney Vaughan:

    The flames were whipping and spreading so fast, it began to jump the road. There wasn't anywhere to go.

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